Best Bomber of WW2 (continued)

[mosquitoman]

I'd take a LNSF Mossie to Berlin with a cookie and still be back in time to do another trip the same night!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Dear Alder, and how much different from depth charges is it?

Well personally I thinkt he sitting there and listening to the sonar of the destroyers overhead and waiting for the explosions would be a lot worse then listening to a torpedo swish through the water. Just my opionion though.

As for the taking of what aircraft I would have to go with the Liberators. Mostly out of spite for Lanc.

 

[DaveB.inVa]

a fleet of zepplins...They have greater payloads then Lancs

my God! you actually believe that!! there's no way a zepplin could carry a grand slam.......

I don't know... some late war Zeppelins were quoted to carry around 40~50 tons. You can do a whole lot with 65,000 cubic meters of hydrogen!!

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yes, like blow it up Zep's would be damn vulnerable.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Yes, like blow it up Zep's would be damn vulnerable.

Blow up with a Grand Slam slung underneath? Imagine that!

1 incendiary!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yeah I dont think it would be very wise to do a bombing raid with Zeppelins. The whole force could go up in flames.

 

[DaveB.inVa]

Hey man we're not talking about blowing up, just lift.... and it would lift it! Although I do agree burning could easily happen and I really wouldn't want to try a raid.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

And thats the point. What is the real chances of success with Zeppelins in WW2? About......... 0

 

[delcyros]

simple answer: none.

 

[delcyros]

But maybe someone here played Crimson skies for a time....

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Only in fantasy my friend just like crimson skies.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

COULDN'T RESIST

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Thats about what it would look like.

 

[DaveB.inVa]

Oh, sorry I never really thought about this being in WWII... I heard Zeppelin and automatically went to WWI.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

That is actually what I thought at first. They were used in WW1 for bombing raids. I believe there were even some over London but I am not sure.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yes they were, but they were easily shot down and so not used much, they had a greater moral impact than military.......

 

[Glider]

German Gotha Bombers were more effective, faster and harder to shoot down

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

which is why they were prefered to zepplins.......

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Obviously

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

now shall we get back on topic??

i spent a whole morning doing this, not sure how usefull the info will be though..........

I'm a big beliver in making the best of what you've got, and this is no different bombers, obviously the payload you can carry will be affected by the horsepower you've got, but sometimes you can have lots of horsepower but a small payload, in doing these stats i hope to show in some way the actual lifting abilities of these planes, as this puts all planes on the the plane (no pun intended), it just shows their ability to lift payloads, obviously tell me if some of the data is wrong, what i've done is taken the plane's payload, and divided it by the total horsepower of all the engines combined, to give the payload in lbs that is lifted for each horsepower the plane has, i hope this all makes sence

i am not intending this to prove the best bomber, i just found it interesting......